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Dawah in Mexico

On June 26, 2012, as Nahela Morales-Essouiri stepped off her plane and she and her son Andrew walked through the arrival gates in Mexico City, she was unsure of what to expect from the place she once called home. Visiting her country for only the second time as a Muslim woman wearing hijab, Morales was on a special mission.

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Hispanic American immigrants increasingly finding home is Islam

“Many immigrants are here by themselves,” said Morales, noting that Latina immigrant women are drawn to Islam because of the sense of “belonging” they find within the Muslim community. “When they come into the mosque and see smiling faces, they feel welcome.”

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Muslim Mothers in Chiapas

Nahela Morales is a Mexican mother of one currently living in New Jersey, USA. She serves as the National Hispanic Outreach Coordinator for Why Islam, a non-profit dawah organization.

Recently, she and a team of volunteers traveled to Mexico to give dawah and provide aid for impoverished families. It was during this trip that she visited the city of San Cristobal de Las Casas in the State of Chiapas, home to a growing number of indigenous converts to Islam. This is her story of the Muslim mothers living there.

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Latina Immigrants: The New Ambassadors of Islam

In a long black garment and gray headscarf, Morales sits in front of a computer entering notes and taking phone calls from the program’s hotline, 1-877-WhyIslam, a resource for individuals hoping to learn more about the religion. A Mexican immigrant and recent convert, Morales is the national Spanish-language outreach coordinator for the program, part of ICNA’s mission to disseminate information about Islam nationwide.  

But Morales’ efforts go beyond U.S. borders: the 37-year-old recently led a trip to bring Islamic literature, food and clothing to her native Mexico.  

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Latino Converts to Islam

We visit the Islamic Center of Greater Miami to look at the rising number of Latino Muslims in the US—as many as 250,000, according to estimates. Some of the converts say that in Islam they have found theological simplicity and “no intermediaries with God.” The Islamic Circle of North America reports that more than half of US Latino converts are women. “I just felt that the minute I put my head down to the ground, “ says Nadia Echevrria, “I was really talking to God.”

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Celebrating World Hijab Day the Brooklyn Way

Muslims Giving Back organized the 1st Hijab is my Crown Sisters Conference at Widdi Hall in Brooklyn last February 2, 2013. More than 600 Muslim and Non-Muslim sisters attended the event. It was an overwhelming experience to see the sisters come together and discuss relevant issues in the society.

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Islam is Love and Peace

It was during the revert’s panel at the ICNA Convention in May 2013, that I met Nahela Morales. She is part of WHY ISLAM? and was holding a panel of stories by reverted Muslims.

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Why World Hijab Day?

by Nahela Morales | Feb 28, 2019 | Inspiring Articles

World Hijab Day is an annual event founded by Nazma Khan in 2013. The event takes place on February 1st each year in 140 countries worldwide. Its stated purpose is to encourage women of all religions and backgrounds to wear and experience the hijab. Event organizers...

Why Fake Friendships Are Ruining You?

by Nahela Morales | Jan 31, 2019 | Inspiring Articles

Re-Evaluating Friendships from time to time is a healthy habit to create. It should become top priority when we begin questioning friends who do not mirror our happiness or when we begin to see unhealthy patterns that do not resonate to what we hoped for that...

My favorite Season of the Year!

by Nahela Morales | Oct 10, 2018 | Inspiring Articles

September… The month in which fall arrives my favorite season of the year. The month I was born twice, by birth on the 12th and the day I embraced Islam on the 30th. The month that prepared me for the unexpected changes in my life as my eyes took in the burst of...

How to Prepare for the Journey of your Lifetime, Hajj!

by Nahela Morales | Aug 9, 2018 | Travel

Letter from my Friend to me… Assalaamu alaikum my dear, Firstly mabrook on your intention of Hajj! May Allah grant you an easy journey and accept your Hajj, ameen. I’m so excited and feeling really emotional for you. Before I left for Hajj, people called me to say...

Is Suicide the Only Way OUT?

by Nahela Morales | Jul 24, 2018 | Inspiring Articles

Suicide, is not the Answer my Friends! When I was about 12 years old I attempted suicide. Yes, you read right. That same year, I was taken away from my abusive home and put into a group home, and was later moved into a foster home which I outgrew. At the time, I...

Why Is Ramadan so Special to me?

by Nahela Morales | May 13, 2018 | Inspiring Articles

I Am A Ramadan Shahada Every year it never fails, the countdown of Ramadan makes me feel a bit nostalgic, excited, happy, grateful and extremely blessed all at once. These feelings tend to become much more intense as we anxiously wait for the arrival of the month...

#RevertsMatters

by Nahela Morales | Apr 17, 2018 | Inspiring Articles

The countdown has officially begun… I am extremely excited to be participating for the 2nd year in a row in the Embrace’s Converts Conference in Dallas, Texas. Let me start by sharing with you that so much has happened since last year. In just a few days we will be...

7 Tips to Prepare Before and During Ramadan

by Nahela Morales | Mar 23, 2018 | Inspiring Articles

Ramadan is well on it’s way, it is literally around the corner masha’Allah. As we continue preparing to welcome the month of the Qur’an I would like to share with you 7 Tips to Prepare Before and During Ramadan, in shaa Allah 1) Start by reciting the Qur’an. The best...

7 Things I Tell My Son Everyday

by Nahela Morales | Mar 11, 2018 | Inspiring Articles

I have decided to write this piece with the attempt to answer many of your questions. Often times I get asked, “How do you do it?” Single parent, working full-time, traveling, dawah, interfaith, outreach, homework and the list goes on and on… As we all know parenthood...

Will this be the Last Time?

by Nahela Morales | Feb 15, 2018 | Inspiring Articles, Travel

Change/Relocating or Transplanting is not always easy… My Farewell cake in New Jersey made by Sister Asma Ibrahim, masha’Allah Re-locations takes a huge toll on us regardless of the distance whether is in the same city, around the corner, across country or to a...

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